23.1% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in their community in Wattle Park than in most similar areas. Local participation is especially high, with 23.1% of residents volunteering their time. This is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.1% of people giving their time. This is 6.1 percentage points higher than the South Australian average and 9.0 points above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for many, as 29.9% of residents care for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This trend continues into other areas of the home, with 13.7% providing unpaid care and 23.9% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
13.7% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wattle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41551/wattle-park/topic/community